BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
608 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 607 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DYSART…OR 20 MILES WEST OF VINTON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
LA PORTE CITY BY 625 PM CDT…
GILBERTVILLE BY 630 PM CDT…
RAYMOND…ELK RUN HEIGHTS AND EVANSDALE BY 635 PM CDT…
DUNKERTON BY 645 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT…OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN A CAR…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.